ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161710
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| Date: | Sunday 27 October 2013 |
| Time: | 13:57 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2702M |
| MSN: | 28R-7803140 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1761 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Everglades Airpark (X01), Everglades City, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Groveland, FL (06FD) |
| Everglades City, FL (X01) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While en route, the pilot established two-way communications with several Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control facilities; no communication difficulties were reported. While inbound to the destination airport, the pilot made three separate radio calls on 122.8 MHz. The pilot announced the airplane’s position, but he received no reply. As the airplane neared the airport, the pilot observed an airplane on a taxiway near the approach end of runway 15. The pilot entered the traffic pattern for runway 33 and, while on the downwind leg, he broadcast his intention to land on 122.8 MHz but again received no reply. While on final approach with the flaps and landing gear fully extended, he again broadcast his intention to land and received no reply. He reported seeing a “white shimmer” from an airplane near the approach end of runway 15, which he attributed to movement. The accident pilot chose to perform a go-around because he had not communicated with the other pilot and was concerned about a collision. The accident pilot added full power during the go-around. He reported that, although the engine responded, the airplane had poor climb performance. When the airplane was clear of trees, he banked it hard left, and the airplane subsequently stalled and then impacted water. Following recovery of the airplane, the engine was started and operated normally. Examination of the engine revealed no evidence of a preimpact failure or malfunction that would have precluded normal operation.
The investigation revealed that 122.8 MHz was the incorrect common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) for the destination airport; the correct CTAF was 123.075 MHz. Although the pilot reported that he transmitted on 122.8 MHz, it is likely that he actually transmitted on 122.9 MHz because this was the frequency depicted in his GPS navigation database, which had expired nearly 5 years earlier. The pilot did not have a subscription to update any of the GPS databases, and he and his wife erroneously believed that, when they downloaded information to the unit less than 1 month earlier, the databases were also updated. Although an outdated visual flight rules sectional chart, which depicted the correct CTAF for the destination airport, was onboard the airplane, it was out of the pilot’s reach during the flight. If the pilot had updated his GPS navigation database or used the outdated sectional chart, he likely would have selected the correct CTAF and been able to communicate with the other pilot, and he might not have chosen to conduct a go-around.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control and airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in a stall and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s inadvertent use of an outdated GPS navigation database, which provided an incorrect common traffic advisory frequency, and the inaccessibility of the visual flight rules sectional chart.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N2702M
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2013 21:25 | Geno | Added |
| 05-Nov-2013 23:58 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2013 10:31 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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